Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-02
BETWEEN THE TWO.
fAnthe Year Round.l
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frgpt doors cpthCu hoIupNtF Oh 10 VIC
"ro,toir:" the front windows looked
,.,sicb, on TO The busy highway and,
- rccCiien days. when the outside
Gr,ters were opened, an inquisitive
...s,r-bv could see between the white
l~,,eins what visitors had come TO pay
AN rc>pects to Nine. Amboise or
Nm acambrc but reception days
or,v came once a week, and the draw
room shutters were generally closed.
There was more life at the back o, the
ioY.es. in the shady, gravelled court
..r3 where old Monsieur Lacambre
I'd lis chickens. where Monsieur le
I,.uardapt AmbOise smoked his
c,r.r.rt,s, where Mesdamcs Lacambre
and tmboi,c sat with their work on
SIMMER evenings, discussing business
chiefly other peoples; where the FIVE
r;s.l,cyous Amboise children dIrtied
and torc their p,uaiors to the distyac-
,.p If their Cousin Gabrielle, and
flr,t stones at Monsieur Lacambre's
chickens Whenever a favorable oppor-
unltv occurred.
Prom whichever side you took OBJ
irg hous,s-to speak truly, they were
essentially commonplace ; but to joel
Chester, professor of English at the
COLLEGE of ~. Ute. the one enchanted
.r0t of the whole world was one Of
,iasr two houses in the Faubourg
Chamuenaticr, and Thursday after
uDois. when he gave an English lesson
o. the Amboisc children, were the red
l,tt,r DAYS 10y which he reckOned his
calendar and dated his hopes for Ga
luCIc Amhoise, the niece of Monsieur
lr Commaudaut, who sat with the chill
Crsu while Joel administered his doses
al instruction, had taken possession Of
his heart and his head and his hopes
md Of an that any enthusiastic young
lover can lay at the feet of his first love.
joel was Just six-and-twenty. He
was tail and fair. broad shouldered and
erect, with bue-gny eyes and bright
brown hair He was generally acknow-
l,dgcd 10 be handsome and agreeable,
and he was decidedly clever; alto
ccther, the sum total OF his good quail
itcs made mp Il very fascinating man.
Iut there was one thing against him
which all his advantages could not
cover up or 0isguse-he was lament7-
i'v poor. and there seemed small
Glance Of bis growing richer. So, when
Zee reckoued his calendar and adjusted
his hopes by his weekly visits to the
Maison Amb0ise, he was "A sadly foolish
fellow, for Gabrielle was poor, too,
uoorer than himself and If he could
have realized his dream Of bliss and
married her mt once they would have
had the wolf at the doorwith the short
es. POSSIBLE notice, which would have
been anything but a desirable climax
tO their romantic attachment.
suppose if Gabrielle had been the
daughter Of Madame Amhoise instead
of only her niece by marriage she would
not have been left alone with a hand
some vonnc man. especially suchapoor
one. hut Madame had not been CIR
cumspcct. and the mischiof-if mischief
IL were-had every opportunity for
growing. joel seized his opportunity
after certain lesson when the children
lad rushed away. and. while they in
tie courtyard were calling down the
walls Of Monsieur Lacambre's wrath.
Dr.. ur.sfairs. had pleaded his cause and
won TO- They promised to love one
another forever, or even longer if pos
..... land this was Mademoselle Ga
luO., sipalation-to keep the secret
,. 1lr promise strictly 10 them
selves. l,s, Der guardians should take
to- Ml.f.r.i,aot view OF jOels pros
,ctsIj pgt au end to their romance
without delay.
Z, vasa very delicious idyl to both of
t,m. Gabrielle had had II hard time
of Il With poverty and one thing or an
other during her twenty three wears Of
DIE. Her past contained little that WAS
pleasant 10 recall, and she had not I'M
III now found any charm in looking
forward 10 the future. As 1t WAS, she
saw she would have protitcd very lit
tie bv what she knew of the worlds
WAYS had She failed 10 sce-that her
clandostine engagement was quite as
likely To bring her nothing but
loyertv after long, weary waiting,
4 il did not bring her worse trials ;
hut 10 WAS pleasant TO love, to be
loved. 10 have an idol, and to be an
idol: 20 have some one TO dream OF
while one was daruing stockings or re-
ulDishiug the cycr-diminlshing stock
of unaforcs it was pleasant 70 drit
away down the current of sweet recol-
lection and TO lose the thread OF Madame
Lacambre's inexhaustible gossip or her
,eu4llv interminable stories of her son
Adouie: il Was pleasant 10 feel Joels
passionate ewes fixed on her face, while
m, children bungled and stumbled
over their translation apd pleasanter
still 10 listen to his sweet stolen words
when the lesson was OveI. and he ven
tsg,d to lnger for few minutes in the
d,pev school.room. Truly, these were
times when Gabrielle would lay her
lands in her lap and wonder what she
lad done 10 deserve such q sudden
Glorious burst of sunshine.
So the summer slipped away the
Longest DAY came and went the chick
ans which the children had chased on
il, uemorableday OF Joel's declaration
wore nearly fit 10 be killed and eaten
tle reaches were ripening ont OF the
chiliren's reach in the July sunshine:
Iu the regular course OF events Joel
ought 10 have been thinking OF leaving
81 Ute for his annual holiday, and OF
Going 10 rejoice the eyes OF his mother
iu ENGLAND, who very properly con,
edered him 10 be one OF the best ana
finest sons mother ever had. Inc
HOLIDAYS were so near that he had come
to give his last lesson for the present ut
the Maison AmbOise. The task OF
teaching English to French child Is
bv no means an cnviable occupation,
vet Joel fclt truly sorry when he closed
The books that day and sent the unruly
Amboise children rushing into the free
dom Of their holidays.
And you will be going to England
] Impose queried Mademoiselle Ca
ircnt. as joel, with a somewhat dole
ul face, watched her collect the BOOKS
d" don't know, my darling. don't
i,d as. if 1 could 50 to England this
summer" ~
why not?" demands Mademoseli'e,
With Great naivct. You surely would
not pass your holiday here ?"
Wouldn't ], indeed ?" cried Joel.
"If it wasn't rather rough on the
mother not 70 20 and see her, do you
think 1 would for one moment thinA VI